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January 19, 2022 | Volume 12, No. 3

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Carey Wooten named new Coordinator for

Leading With Grace

Bishop Logue appointed Carey Wooten as the new coordinator for Leading With Grace, formerly known as Church Development Institute (CDI). She is following the Rev. Walter Hobgood who oversaw the program for a decade.


"I am so grateful to Walter, who more deeply connected the Diocese of Georgia through our leadership ministries, giving more and more leaders a common vocabulary and framework as we learned with and from one another," Bishop Logue said. "An experienced educator and dedicated lay leader, Carey is perfect to guide the trainers in the newly revised program," Logue added.


Carey has been a member of Calvary Episcopal Church in Americus since 2001. She has served on the vestry, as a lector, LEM, and various committees and educational programs. She first attended CDI in 2015-2017, and came on as a trainer after completing the Emotional Intelligence, Conflict, Group Development (EQHR) course and a year of shadowing other trainers.


She is married to Marshall Wooten and has two daughters, Lane, who is on staff at Camp Mikell in the Diocese of Atlanta, and Grace, who serves as the youth director for St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chattanooga. Carey and Marshall live outside Americus in rural Schley County.

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Invite Welcome Connect goes digital

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Registration is now open for Invite Welcome Connect Digital Gathering for 2022. The online gathering will focus on two topics:

  • How do we Welcome and Connect those who are on our congregation's Digital Front Porch, those whose initial contacts are online and invisible?
  • How do we Re-Connect with parishioners who are no longer as active as they were in their pre-pandemic faith communities?


The panelists, made up of both clergy and lay leaders, will discuss creative solutions and ways to address to these questions in your congregation.


To register and learn more, visit the Invite Welcome Connect website.

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Parochial Reports for 2021 due March 1, 2022

The Episcopal Church has launched parochial reports for 2021 data. They are due by March 1st, 2022. The report is one of two mandatory reports due annually, including audits in September. 

 

The Parochial Report is completed online at: https://reports.dfms.org. Beginning in January 2022, everyone will login into this site with a unique login (usually a church or individuals’ email) and password. Diocesan office can reset the login information for a congregation if needed. Reach out to Maggie Lyons or Daniel Garrick for support as needed (mlyons@gaepiscopal.org and dgarrick@gaepiscopal.org). 

 

You’ll need to gather attendance, membership, and financial information to complete the report. If you are unfamiliar with the process of completing the parochial report, please visit the detailed website here.

 

There is a helpful webcast available here: https://www.generalconvention.org/pr-screencast-for-parish-users

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1Book1Diocese for Lent

The 1Book1Diocese for Lent is Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans.


The author, who died in 2019, wrote of this book when it was published "Perhaps more than any other book I’ve written, Inspired is intended to be read, wrestled with, discussed, debated, and creatively engaged with in the context of community. And that’s precisely because the Bible invites us to do the same."


Bishop Logue said, "Rachel was a thoughtful Christian whose books remain as a testament to the deep, authentic faith of a woman who had a way with God’s word offering a healing balm to those who most needed Jesus’ love." He added, "I have heard her called the C.S. Lewis for the post Baby Boom generations and I find that not hyperbole, but naming rightly the importance of her work."


Many Lenten studies start on the week after Ash Wednesday and conclude in Holy Week to fit an every Wednesday pattern for meetings. As Inspired is divided into eight sections, the Diocese of Georgia's 1Book1Diocese read will start the week of Ash Wednesday and conclude in Easter Week. The reading guide for the Diocese of Georgia can be found here.

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Candidate Registration & Staff Applications

Open Now for Happening #105 - March 4-6

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Happening #105 is on the schedule for March 4-6, 2022 at Honey Creek! This event, led by youth for youth in grades 9-12 and offers participants (called candidates) a chance to explore their faith together, and address deep questions of piety, prayer, grace, reality, and more. It is open to any young person in Grades 9-12 who has not yet attended a Happening. Registration for Candidates is available here: http://bit.ly/Happening105Candidates. The event begins on Friday evening and ends with a Closing Eucharist on Sunday afternoon.


Staff applications for those who have previously attended Happening are also open now, and are available here. More information is also on the Georgia Happening Website: www.georgiahappening.com. The deadline for Staff Applications is Tuesday, January 25.


As with all Diocesan Youth Events, we will adhere to the Diocesan policies requiring Covid-19 vaccination and testing in the week prior to the event for all participants and staff. In addition, to allow for some spacing, we are limiting the total number of Candidates and Staff to fifty people.


The Georgia Happening website, georgiahappening.com, is updated and will continue to be updated as we move closer to our Happening date! 


Remember the BEST is yet to come!


To register as a Candidate, click here.

To apply for Staff, click here

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Register Now for Leading With Grace

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Registration is now open for the Diocese of Georgia's new diocesan training school called Leading With Grace. Please sign up to participate by Feb 1, 2022. To register, click here.


A complete year will be four weekends, each of which will begin on Friday evening at 5 PM and will finish at 3 PM on Saturday, interspersed with prayer, small and large group discussion and practice. LWG will take place in one year cycles in four different regional centers around the diocese. It will culminate with a combined weekend at Honey Creek on August 19-20, 2022. 


  • Augusta (St. Augustine’s)
  • Feb 11-12, 2022
  • March 18-19 or 25-26, 2022
  • May 13-14, 2022
  • Savannah (St. Peter’s)
  • Feb 11-12, 2022
  • March 18-19, 2022
  • May 13-14, 2022
  • Honey Creek (Waverly, GA)
  • Feb 11-12, 2022
  • March 18-19, 2022
  • May 13-14, 2022
  • Western Side of the Diocese 
  • St. Paul's Albany on Feb 25-26, 2022
  • St. Annes Tifton on Mar 25-26, 2022
  • Christ Church Valdosta on May 20-21, 2022


The cost per parish team is:

For a team of four the fee is $ 225              

For a team of three the fee is $ 200                  

For a team of two the fee is $ 175                     

For an individual the fee is $125


Those individuals that started CDI and finished only 2 weekends will be given first priority at registration and will owe 50% of the fees above.


All fees are due upon registration.


Please sign up to participate by Feb 1, 2022. To register, click here.


We’ll consider together, “What does faithful leadership look like

at this moment in the life of the church?”

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The Spiritual Legacy of Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography of South Africa's Confessor

February 6, 2022 at 4:00pm

A conversation with author the Rev. Dr. Michael Battle, Director of the Desmond Tutu Center



Drawing upon the three-fold stages of Christian mysticism, Dr. Battle’s talk will explore these three mystical stages of purgation, illumination and union for insights both into the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and our life today in the church. Tutu’s spiritual legacy is important because in his vision there is a need to redefine new models for being human that go beyond our conflicts today. Tutu’s spirituality moves beyond our culture wars and in so doing guards against the manipulation of religion.


This will be a one hour session via Zoom.


To register for this event, click here.

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Across the Diocese - Bishop Edition

Our Savior in Martinez re-dedicated their parish hall after a renovation.

Pictured left to right: Linda Vrana; the Rev. Al Crumpton, Rector; the Rev. Sandy Turner, Deacon; Bishop Logue; and Bob Thompson

Bishop Logue at the Episcopal Day School in Augusta for his visitation last week (left), and after when he spent some time with the acolytes and students who spoke in the liturgy (right)

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Bishop Logue at St. Matthew's in Savannah

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Prayer for Weekly Liturgies

Our one-year prayer cycle combines prayers for every congregation in the Diocese of Georgia with prayers for our ecumenical partners and for our Companion Diocese of The Dominican Republic.  


The 2022 one year prayer cycle is online here: 2022 Prayer Cycle.


January 16 - 22

In our diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for our congregations in Augusta, especially, the Church of the Atonement and Christ Church. We also pray for our ecumenical partners in Augusta, especially Advent Lutheran Church, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, and The Church of the Resurrection Lutheran Church. In our companion diocese of the Dominican Republic, we pray for the Church of the Transfiguration (La Transfiguración) in Banî. 


January 23 – January 29

In our diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for our congregations in Augusta, especially, Good Shepherd and St. Alban’s. We also pray for our ecumenical partners in Augusta, especially the Catholic Churches of St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Joseph, and St. Mary on the Hill. In our companion diocese of the Dominican Republic, we pray for the congregations in Barahona — Jesus the Pilgrim (Jesús Peregrino), Redemption (La Redención), and Lamb of God (Cordero de Dios).


Newly Revised 31-Day Prayer Cycles

We also offer 30-day prayer cycles for those who wish to pray daily for the clergy and clergy spouses: Diocesan Prayer Cycle and Clergy Spouses Prayer Cycle. (Updated 9/25/2021)

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Diocesan Office Update and News

Bishop Logue will ordain the Rev. Susan Gage to the Sacred Order of Priests on Saturday at St. Barnabas on Saturday at 11 am. On Sunday he will make his visitation to All Saints' in Thomasville.


To view Bishop Logue's full visitation calendar, click here. (Updated 1/7/2022)


Executive Director of Honey Creek Dade Brantley will be at the Episcopal Camps and Conference Center Conference next week.


Canon Lasch will be on vacation through January 23.


The best way to reach a staff member is via email as we will always get back with you promptly in many cases and in 24-72 hours when working on more pressing matters. Staff e-mails can be found here with a list of responsibilities so you know who to contact for what.


You may also reach diocesan staff by phone at (912) 236-4279.

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Happy retirement!

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King of Peace in Kingsland celebrated the retirement of Church Musician Carol Ludwigson after serving for 16 years by naming the music room in her honor.

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